Best Time of Day to Weigh Yourself When Dieting
Follow busy mom Kathy as she tries to slim down. Don't miss her weigh-ins and her ups and downs following Ellie Krieger's 12-week plan, Small Changes, Big Results.
Well, when you make a promise to take a photo of the scale every week on weigh-in day, you have to live with the consequences — on good days and not-so-great days! Here's my progress so far:
Starting weight: 142
End of week 1: 139
End of week 2: 137
End of week 3: 136
End of week 4: 135
End of week 5: 134.8
I lost .2 pounds this week. (Yes, I'm happy that I've lost 7.2 pounds in 5 weeks, but a measly .2 pounds didn't make my day this morning!) And it really brought home to me the importance of exercise in weight loss. Since I hurt my back and haven't been able to exercise temporarily, I knew this weigh-in would be tough. I ate pretty healthfully this past week (when I did the cooking, at least), but I did encounter two challenges:
° On Saturday night, Randy picked up one or our favorite take-out
meals: Chopped salad (the kind with salami and cheese —
talk about high fat and high salt!) and fabulous bread with garlic oil.
In the past, when I had this meal, I didn't even count how many pieces
of bread I dipped in oil, and I ate a large portion of salad. This
time, I ate half of my salad (saving the rest for the next day — maybe not such a great idea) with a
small amount of dressing. And I had two small pieces of bread, barely
dipped in oil. Seemed reasonable. Except that the next day, I could
feel how bloated I was from all the salt. And I have no idea how many
calories I ate, even though I cut way back from my usual portions.
° On Sunday night, we went to an Italian restaurant. Randy and
Matt had big bowls of pasta and lots of bread. Feeling virtuous, I
ordered grilled salmon with mashed potatoes and vegetables. But the
mashed potatoes were so good, I'm sure they were made with tons of
butter. I couldn't resist. Ate the whole darned thing.
So… Despite eating healthfully the rest of the week, eating a couple of
restaurant meals, combined with no real exercise, added up to a
whopping loss of two tenths of a pound! Lesson learned: If I can't
exercise temporarily, I need to seriously watch my diet.
The plan for this week:
° Log everything in my food diary, paying particular attention to fat and salt.
° Visit the doctor tomorrow, where I hope to get more back relief and find out when I can get back on my exercise plan. (Walking to the fridge to get the frozen peas for my back doesn't count!)
° See at least a 1-pound loss next Wednesday!
How do you handle weeks when your weight loss is disappointing? What
do you do to get back on track? Please share your thoughts in
"Comments."
— Kathy Sena
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Best Time of Day to Weigh Yourself When Dieting
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